ITU Workshop on the “Internet of Things Trend and Challenges in Standardization”
(Geneva, Switzerland, 18 February 2014)
Introduction to the ITU-T
Global Standards Initiative on IoT
with focus on SG13 activities
Marco CARUGI
ITU-T Q2/SG13 Rapporteur
ITU-T FG M2M Service Layer Vice-Chair
Consultant, China Unicom
marco.carugi@gmail.com
Geneva, Switzerland, 18 February 2014
ITU-T organizational structure for
“main” IoT/M2M standardization activities
IoT Standards Roadmap
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Joint Coordination Activity on IoT (2011.3 ~)
Participating entities: All ITU-T SGs, ITU-R WP1A,
WP1B, WP5A, ISO TC 122, 204, ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 6, 31,
WG 7, ETSI, CEN, OMA, GS1/EPC global, YRP, ECMA,
GSIFI, TIA, GSM MSTF, OGC
•Working deliverable: IoT Standards Roadmap
On-going and published work on
IoT in ITU and other SDOs
Open to public (free download)
IoT work plan
• On-going and planned work
on IoT within ITU-T
Internet of Things Global Standards
Initiative (2011.5 ~)
• Core Questions: Q1/2, Q1/3,
Q12/11, Q1/13, Q2/13, Q3/13,
Q11/13, Q25/16, Q27/16, Q6/17
• Additional Questions: expressed
interest but are not considered
“core” Questions of IoT activities
Focus Group on M2M service
layer (2012.1 ~ 2014.3)
IoT-GSI
IoT Global Standards Initiative
Established in May 2011
The banner for the effective IoT standardization work
Visible single location for information on/development of
IoT standards
Participation from: industry, government entities, SDOs
Initial key efforts have included:
IoT terminology (including the definition of “IoT”)
IoT overview (ITU-T Rec Y.2060 “Overview of IoT” approved in June 2012 )
IoT work plan (potential study items within ITU-T)
The success of the Internet of Things in business and social
communities will depend strongly on the existence and
effective operation of global standards
www.itu.int/itu--t/gsi/iot
www.itu.int/itu
ITU-T definition of IoT
Internet of Things [lTU-T Recommendation Y.2060]:
A global infrastructure for the information society, enabling
advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual)
things based on, existing and evolving, interoperable information
and communication technologies.
NOTE 1 - Through the exploitation of identification, data capture,
processing and communication capabilities, the IoT makes full
use of things to offer services to all kinds of applications, whilst
ensuring that security and privacy requirements are fulfilled.
NOTE2 - In a broad perspective, the IoT can be perceived as a
vision with technological and societal implications.
Above definition is fundamentally aligned with the IoT concepts
and terminology developed in other key SDOs and communities
Thing: In the Internet of Things, object of the physical world (physical
things) or of the information world (virtual things), which is capable of
being identified and integrated into the communication networks.
IoT versus M2M (Machine to Machine): the M2M communication
technologies are “a key enabler of the IoT”
IoT in ITU-T Y.2060 (1/5)
Technical overview
Source: ITU-T Y.2060, 2012
Device: In the Internet of Things, a piece of equipment with the mandatory
capabilities of communication and the optional capabilities of sensing,
actuation, data capture, data storage and data processing
IoT in ITU-T Y.2060 (2/5)
IoT reference model
Source: ITU-T Y.2060, 2012
IoT reference model generalized from previous studies
USN
Services
Disaster/crisis
management
Logistics, SCM
Structural health
monitoring
USNApplications
Applications
USN
Agricultural control
Disaster Surveillance
Military Field
U-Health care
Ubiquitous
web services
USN
Directory service
USNMiddleware
Middleware
USN
Context modeling
and management
Contents management
Management
Service orchestration
NGN
Access
Network
Access
Network
Access
Network
Access
Network
USN Gateway
Mobile
RFID
Reader
USN Gateway
Access Gateway
USN Gateway
SensorNetworks
Networks
Sensor
Sensor node
RFID
Reader
Sensor
Networks
Access
Network
Sink node
Source: ITU-T Rec. Y.2221 - Requirements for support of
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN) applications over NGN
From vertical to horizontal integration model
VERTICAL MODEL
HORIZONTAL MODEL
Integrated
service
platform
meter
vehicles
Other
modules
Service platform configured
per vertical application
meter
vehicles
Other
modules
• Integrated service platform supporting
multiple applications
• Generic and application specific components
IoT in ITU-T Y.2060 (3/5)
IoT Ecosystem
Source: ITU-T Y.2060, 2012
NOTE - The identified business roles and their relationships do
not represent all possible roles and relationships which can be
found across IoT business deployments
IoT in ITU-T Y.2060 (4/5)
IoT Business Models – examples
IoT in ITU-T Y.2060 (5/5)
Fundamental characteristics and high level
requirements of the IoT
Characteristics
Interconnectivity
Things-related
services
Heterogeneity
Dynamic changes
Enormous scale
Requirements
Identification-based
connectivity
Interoperability
Autonomic networking
Autonomic services
provisioning
Location-based capabilities
Security
Privacy protection
High quality and highly
secure human body related
services
Plug and play
Manageability
The “IoT work plan” of IoT-GSI
A living document containing potential study items for consideration and possible launch as
new IoT standardization work items within ITU-T (cooperation with other SDOs not excluded);
once a potential item is actually launched, it is moved to the JCA-IoT standards roadmap
Last version of the work plan [to be updated at 19-25 Feb 2014 IoT-GSI event]
Item
number
Item title
1
Identification and addressing aspects in IoT
Requirements and capabilities for energy saving using smart objects
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
[Last version – it will be updated at the Feb 2014 IoT-GSI event]
APIs for IoT
IoT functional architecture
Data centric capabilities for IoT
IoT and general Service Delivery Platforms (common SDP capabilities for support of multiple IoT apps)
IoT application domains and related use cases
Support of Inter- provider application scenarios
IoT management and provisioning
Quality of Service for IoT
Security and privacy protection in IoT
IoT and Cloud
IoT and Peer2Peer/DSN
Conformance and interoperability testing in IoT
IoT Governance
IoT terminology (incl. update of last version of the IoT terminology Recommendation)
Plug and Play for IoT
ITU-T SG13 and its core Questions for IoT
ITU-T SG13 «Future networks including cloud
computing, mobile and next-generation networks»
SG13 leads on the network aspects of the IoT
Q.1/13
Service scenarios, deployment models and
migration issues based on convergence services
Q.2/13 Requirements for NGN evolution (NGN-e) and its
capabilities including support of IoT and use of softwaredefined networking [and Q.3/13 in 20092009-2012]
2012]
Q.3/13 Functional architecture for NGN evolution (NGNe) including support of IoT and use of software-defined
networking [and Q.5/13 in 20092009-2012]
2012]
Q.11/13 Evolution of user-centric networking, services,
and interworking with networks of the future including
software-defined networking [and Q.7/13 in 20092009-2012]
2012]
Past achievements of SG13
with relevance to IoT/M2M (1/2)
Services using tag-based identification
Y.2213: NGN service requirements and capabilities for network aspects of
applications and services using tag-based identification
Y.2016: Functional requirements and architecture of the NGN for applications
and services using tag-based identification
Ubiquitous networking
Y.2002: Overview of ubiquitous networking and of its support in NGN
Y.2062: Framework of object-to-object communication for ubiquitous
networking in next generation networks
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks and Sensor control networks
Y.2221: Requirements for support of ubiquitous sensor network (USN)
applications and services in the NGN environment
Y.2026: Functional requirements and architecture of the next generation
network for support of ubiquitous sensor network applications and services
Y.2222: Sensor control networks and related applications in a next generation
network environment
Past achievements of SG13
with relevance to IoT/M2M (2/2)
Machine-oriented communications
Y.2061: Requirements for the support of machine-oriented communication
applications in the next generation network environment
Overview and terminology of the IoT
Y.2060: Overview of the Internet of things
Y.2069: Terms and definitions for the Internet of things [NOTE – document
requiring update]
Y.2063: Framework of the web of things
IoT application or domain specific
Y.2064: Energy saving using smart objects in home networks
Y.2281: Framework of networked vehicle services and applications using NGN
Y.2065: Service and capability requirements for e-health monitoring services
[NOTE – document currently in AAP]
Y Suppl. 22 of ITU-T Y.2200-series: Greenhouse gas monitoring services
provided over NGN
Ongoing IoT/M2M work items in SG13
[not an exhaustive list]
Requirements of IoT
Y.IoT-common-reqts “Common requirements of Internet of Things”
Capabilities of IoT
Y.IoT-funct-framework “IoT functional framework and capabilities”
Application support models of IoT
Y. IoT-app-models “IoT application support models”
Gateways and Device Management
Y.gw-IoT-reqts “Common requirements and capabilities of gateways for IoT apps”
Y.gw-IoT-arch “Functional architecture of gateway for IoT applications”
Y.DM-IoT-reqts “Common reqts and capabilities of device management in IoT”
Plug and play capability
Y.IoT-PnP-reqts “Requirements of the Plug and Play Capability of the IoT”
Web of Objects
Y.sms-WoO “Smart Media Service Framework based on Web of Objects”
Y.sfem-WoO “Service framework of Web of Objects for energy management”
Others incl. items recently launched (Nov 2013)
Y.EHM-cap “Capability framework for e-health monitoring services”
Y.social-device “Framework of the social device networking”
Y.ufn-sc “Service model, scenarios for Ubiquitous Plant Farming based on networks”
Y.fsul "Framework and scenarios for ubiquitous learning (u-learning) service”
Discussion on other potential IoT work items is expected at this IoTIoT-GSI event!
Some relevant ITU-T links on IoT/M2M
IoT-GSI
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/gsi/iot/Pages/default.aspx
ITU-T Y series Recommendations (SG13)
http://www.itu.int/ITUT/recommendations/index.aspx?ser=Y
JCA-IoT
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/jca/iot/Pages/default.aspx
Focus Group on M2M Service Layer
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/focusgroups/m2m/Pages/default.aspx
Thanks for your attention